léproserie
\le.pʁoz.ʁi\
The verdict
“léproserie” is uncommon French (frequency #75,866 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,866
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hôpital pour les lépreux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-leproserie · léproserie · French
léproserie · rank #75,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,866
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH lâchées
Nearest frequency peer: lâchées (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « léproserie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lusaka
Lusaka
24,139 corpus weight
- luttez
luttez
24,138 corpus weight
- lâchées
lâchées
24,137 corpus weight
- léproserie
léproserie
24,135 corpus weight
- macaronis
macaronis
24,133 corpus weight
- MacGregor
MacGregor
24,132 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « léproserie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | léproserie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \le.pʁoz.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,866 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « léproserie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
léproserie is uncommon French at frequency #75,866 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \le.pʁoz.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hôpital pour les lépreux.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for léproserie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is léproserie, spelled L-É-P-R-O-S-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Hôpital pour les lépreux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how léproserie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La motivation des six était la cupidité et le dégoût de voir s’installer une léproserie à Antonio Bay.
Seuls les natifs des paroisses desservies par la léproserie y étaient admis, non sans exiger d’eux un apport matériel, auquel, s’ils étaient indigents, leur paroisse ou leur confrérie devait pourvoir.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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